Chatham-Kent OPP officials allege: The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Chatham-Kent Detachment have identified the deceased located on the shoreline at Rondeau Provincial Park as 75-year-old Robert Thibert of Windsor, Ontario.
OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit along with OPP Aviation Services are continuing to search the waters of Lake Erie for a missing person identified as 57-year-old Kenneth Blythe of Windsor, Ontario.
On Friday, August 6, 2021 at approximately 9:22 a.m., the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Chatham-Kent Detachment, and Chatham-Kent Fire Department responded to Rondeau Provincial Park located in the Chatham-Kent Municipality for report of an overturned vessel in the waters of Lake Erie.
It was determined that an operator of a vessel observed a boat that had overturned approximately 100 yards from the shoreline and contacted police.
At approximately 11 a.m., firefighters located an unresponsive person on the shoreline of Rondeau Provincial Park who was subsequently pronounced deceased.
It was discovered through further investigation that a second person is currently outstanding from the same vessel.
OPP along with the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Trenton, Canadian Coast Guard, OPP Aviation Services and members of the Rondeau Provincial Park are currently searching the waters of Lake Erie.
West Region OPP Traffic Incident Management and Enforcement Team, and OPP Forensic Identification Services attended the scene for the investigation.
The search is continuing and updates will be provided when new information becomes available.
